UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 STANLEY V. WELLS, Case No. 24-cv-00172-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v.
TAMMY L. CAMPBELL, Warden,1 Respondent.
I. INTRODUCTION This suit was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned in light of Ninth Circuit authority. Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was convicted in Santa Clara County, which is in this district, so venue is proper here. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). He has paid the full filing fee. Dkt. 8. II. BACKGROUND According to the allegations in the petition, petitioner was convicted in 2006 of forcible sodomy, forcible sexual penetration, residential robbery, and other charges in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Dkt. 1 at 1, 2. He was sentenced to 152 years to life in state prison plus 60 years due to the sentencing enhancements. Id. The California Court of Appeal denied his direct appeal on January 29, 2009. Id. at 2. …